5/29/2025
Developer Comments: Junker Queen’s axe has been doing most of the heavy lifting lately, leaving her shotgun and knife feeling a bit neglected. This update gives both of those tools some much-needed love to round out her kit and encourage more varied playstyles. We’re also adding a buff to Thick Skull to help her better withstand burst damage, giving her more staying power in fast-paced fights.
Royal Bullets - Power
- Increased range to 15 meters (Up from 12 meters).
- Increased damage to 50 (Up from 30).
Twist The Knife - Power
- Increased Wounds extension to 1 second (Up from 0.5 seconds).
Blade Parade - Power
- Increased Damage to 100% (Up from 35%).
Merciless Magnetism - Power
- Increased range to 15 meters (Up from 12 meters).
Thick Skull – Epic Survival Hero Item
- Increased Damage Reduction to 75% (Up from 50%).
5/9/2025
Developer Comments: Junker Queen thrives when she can close the distance and brawl up close, and her current mobility has been allowing her to engage too freely. We're toning down her gap-closing potential to make her positioning more deliberate and reduce her ability to aggressively dive into enemy lines without consequence. This should encourage more thoughtful engagements while preserving her core bruiser identity.
Booming Voice – Epic Ability Item
- Reduced Ability Power to 15% (down from 25%).
Slicing Spree – Rare Hero Survival Item
- Reduced Move Speed stat to 5% (down from 10%).
- Reduced Move Speed while near an enemy with a Wound to 5% (down from 10%).
- Increased Attack Speed while near an enemy with a Wound to 10% (up from 5%).
4/1/2025
Developer Comments: Everyone got tired of Junker Queen shouting at them and started to ignore her. So, she has gotten selfish and is hoarding her Commanding Shout buffs for herself. She always wants to directly confront anyone who gets hit by Gracie .
Jagged Blade
- Can no longer be recalled with Secondary Fire.
- Junker Queen flies towards Gracie while Secondary Fire is held.
Commanding Shout
- No longer affects allies.
- Overhealth increased by 50%.
- Bonus Move Speed increased from 30% to 60%.
3/18/2025
Developer Comments: Increasing the duration of Deep Wounds to ensure that Junker Queen can maintain wounds even longer on enemies she’s actively targeting.
Deep Wounds
- Extended wound duration increased from 0.25 to 0.5 seconds.
2/18/2025
Rending Recall
- Recalling Jagged Blade from a stuck target refreshes its wound.
Battle Shout
- Commanding Shout fully reloads Scatter Gun and increases allied reload speed by 50%.
Deep Wounds
- Scattergun hits extend your wound durations on those enemies by .25 seconds.
Savage Satiation
- Carnage's impact damage gains 100% lifesteal.
12/17/2024
- Base health increased from 375 to 425.
Commanding Shout
- Cooldown increased from 12 to 15 seconds.
Adrenaline Rush
- Self-healing from wounds damage scalar reduced from 2.5x to 1.0x.
11/8/2024
Developer Comments: Although she’s not the most played, Junker Queen is the top performing tank at the moment. These adjustments are aimed at tuning her down slightly by reducing her self-healing and making the knife throw require more accuracy.
Jagged Blade
- Base projectile size reduced from 0.2 to 0.15 meters.
Adrenaline Rush
- Wound damage self-healing multiplier reduced from 2.5 to 2.25x.
7/5/2024
Developer Comments: Junker Queen is relatively small and fast for a Tank hero, so Commanding Shout doesn't need a ton of bonus health to be effective. The increased wound healing better rewards her for managing her abilities well.
Commanding Shout
- Overhealth increased from 150 to 175 HP
Adrenaline Rush
- Wound damage self-healing multiplier increased from 2 to 2.5x
6/20/2024
Developer Comments: The Tank knockback resistance passive was affecting Junker Queen's pull effect more than intended. The distance can be affected by their movement, but Tanks are now pulled in about 5-6 meters instead of only 3 meters or so.
Jagged Blade
- Now pulls tanks further.
Rampage
- Startup time reduced from 0.75 to 0.5 seconds.
5/14/2024
Developer Comment: Junker Queen being able to activate Commanding Shout while swinging her axe or during her Ultimate ability will make it more responsive for when an additional burst of health or movement speed is needed.
Commanding Shout
- Can now be activated while using other abilities.
- Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds.
4/16/2024
Carnage
- Impact damage increased from 90 to 105.
4/1/2024
Developer Comments: Leave it to Junker Queen to cut her way toward new heights.
Jagged Blade
- Pressing Secondary Fire while the ability is active now magnetizes Junker Queen to Gracie.
- Cooldown now starts when blade starts returning to Junker Queen.
- Cooldown decreased from 6 to 4 seconds.
2/13/2024
- Health increased from 300 to 375.
Rampage
- Wound damage over time increased from 60 to 90
12/5/2023
Developer Comments: Tightening the spread on Junker Queen's Scattergun will make it more effective at range against small targets and give her slightly more team fight presence before fully committing to getting in close to the enemy team.
Scattergun
- Spread reduced 8%.
10/10/2023
Added the hero-specific options:
- Hide Commanding Shout Timer – Off by default.
- Hold to use Jagged Blade – Off by default.
9/1/2023
Developer Comment: This change rewards throwing accuracy with the Jagged Blade without directly affecting Junker Queen's self-healing.
Jagged Blade
- Impact damage increased from 50 to 65.
6/13/2023
Developer Comment: The last round of Junker Queen changes increased both her sustained damage and self-healing. Hence, she ends up staying alive and in the fight longer, which was the intent, but naturally, her ultimate charges much more quickly on average as a result.
The passive Adrenaline Rush healing becoming more potent has been interesting for gameplay as it's tied to landing her abilities. To bring her survivability more in line, we're shifting some of the power out of the Commanding Shout temporary health gained for Junker Queen herself.
Commanding Shout
- Temporary health reduced from 200 to 150.
Rampage
- Ultimate cost increased by 15%.
5/9/2023
Developer Comments: These changes increase Junker Queen's front-line presence by increasing her self-healing and offensive sustainability. We've also increased Jagged Blade's projectile size so it's more consistent to land.
Scattergun
- Maximum ammo increased from 6 to 8
Jagged Blade
- Projectile size increased from 0.15 to 0.20 meters
Rampage
- Now deals 40 impact damage
- Wound damage decreased from 100 to 60
Adrenaline Rush
- Adrenaline passive healing multiplier increased from 1.25 to 2x damage dealt by wounds
2/7/2023
Developer Comment: The overall base health for Junkerqueen is increased by 25 HP.
- Base health in Role Queue modes increased to 450
- Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 425 to 300
1/5/2023
Adrenaline Rush
- Now heals for the remaining wound damage when an enemy dies with wounds on them
Carnage
- Cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds for each enemy it impacts
Jagged Blade
- Thrown impact damage reduced from 80 to 50
- Thrown direct impacts now add a 30 damage wound to the stuck target. Stacks with wounds caused by Quick Melee or returning Jagged Blade hits.
12/6/2022
Developer comments: Commanding Shout is Junker Queen's primary tanking ability and utility, but the additional survivability it granted her team proved to be too powerful and needed to be tuned back significantly in a previous patch. We're looking to shift more of that survivability into Junker Queen herself by increasing the amount her passive ability heals through dealing damage with wounds.
- Torso and head hit volume size increased 12%
Rampage
- Wound duration reduced from 5 to 4.5 seconds
- Ultimate cost reduced by 10%
Commanding Shout
- Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds
Adrenaline Rush
- Adrenaline passive healing multiplier increased from 1 to 1.25x damage dealt by wounds